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 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 200, 201. 1893. 555 CHAP. 200.-An act to provide for the survey and transfer of that part of the Merch 3. 1893. Fort Randall military reservation in the State of Nebraska to said State for school H- and other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the odd numbered sec- rm naman imations in the portion of the Fort Randall military reservation situated §;{,F°“°"'“*‘°"· in the State of Nebraska, after the same shall have been snuveyed as herein provided, may be selected by the State of Nebraska at any time 0,;.; wm.,,,, ,;,,,,,,,,1 within one year after the tiling of the official plats of survey in the wfebwkggsswhwi district land office as a part of the lands granted to said State as m me ' school indemnity for school lands lost in place under the provisions of “An act to provide for the admission of the State of Nebraska into V"}- “·P-3**1- the Union," approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty- seven: Provided, That no existing lawful rights under any of the  nvm land laws of the United States providing for the disposition of the "”° ‘ public lands shall be prejudiced by this act: And provided farther, That said lands shall be accepted by said State of Nebraska in full Acceptance satisfaction of lawful claims now existing, or that may hereafter arise, for school-land indemnity for a corresponding number of acres, upon assignment of the bases of the claims by description and selection in accordance with the regulations of the Interior Department within the period of limitation aforesaid; such selections to be equally dis- » tributed, so far as practicable, among the several townships _ _ _ Sec. 2. That even numbered sections, and all of the odd num- 0 §:{f“,{}jxf_§,‘;°a'j,*$; bered sections in said reservation not selected under the provisions of ogmm. section one of this act, shall be open to settlement under the homestead law only: Provided, That before said lands shall be opened to settle- P~·¢*·{·- _ s ment under this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a pr§fS'§;jf,§f°“ °' °i* commission of three disinterested citizens of the United States, who shall appraise said lands and tix the value of each quarter section, and persons who may take such lands under the homestead laws, shall pay Payment for landsibr such lands in three equal installments, at times to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and they shall also comply with all provisions of the homestead laws of the United States. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, author- m*;;*B':fi° ¤¤"°Y¤ °*· ized and directed to cause the lands embraced in that part of the said ` military reservation of Fort Randall in the State of Nebraska to be regularly surveyed by an extension of the public surveys over the unsurveyed portions of the same. Approved, March 3, 1893. CHAP. 201.-An act to authorize the construction of :1 bridge over the Ten- Muah11B0s. nessee River at or near Sheiiield, Alabama. "‘_—‘-""*"“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the £<*¤1L¤¤:;¤¤Cl:*i·;g° Tennessee Bridge and Ferry Company, of Alabama, a corporation duly Zfty1¤·i°aé rsfiigmt and legally incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama, its *“"°"•‘* °***°‘*’·A‘°· successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Shellield, in Colbert County, Alabama. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide fbi- the passage of railway ala ilw sy. sm. trains, aud, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may b" g°' be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of rein. " ‘ ‘ ‘ toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. _ Sec.' 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act and sub- Lsgvruitzammmmd ject to its limitations shall bea lawful structure, and shall be recognized WS mu ' and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be mode for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops. and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over the said bridge, than the rate per mile paid tbr the transportation